Posted on 10/03/2023 1:25:58 PM PDT by FarCenter
The House would be in uncharted waters if McCarthy is removed as speaker: A motion to vacate has never been used successfully.
But the chamber wouldn't be as paralyzed and chaotic as it was in January amid McCarthy's five-day, 15-ballot vote to win the gavel.
As part of a rule change after 9/11 to support the continuity of government, the speaker is required to deliver to the House clerk an ordered list of members who can act as speaker pro tempore in the event of a vacancy.
The person at the top of McCarthy's list will serve as interim speaker until a new one is elected.
If the motion to vacate is successful, the chamber could go right to another speaker vote -- and McCarthy's allies could put him forward again to reclaim his post.
But unlike in January, it's possible that the House could take up other business in the meantime: The chamber has a rules package, and the speaker pro tempore would have the authority to act as speaker until a new one is elected.
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TRUMP FOR SPEAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t expect McCarthy to be going anywhere.
He will make a deal with Dems if he has to..................
He has niminated Jim Jordan! </s>
He’s already been voted out so for now we dont have a speaker
What happens if Gaetz wins — and McCarthy loses?
I NOMINATE DONALD J TRUMP FOR SPEAKER
Popcorn time! Not much else we can do but sit back and watch.
Possible!
I recall the speaker doesn’t even have to be a member of Congress.
Considering we have a uniparty that only blames each other for theatrics, but really is a different wing on the same bird.......nothing will happen until they are ALL strung up on lamp posts like the founding fathers planned it to be.
Video
“BOO ALL YOU WANT!”
Rep. Matt Gaetz goes off during debate around vacating Kevin McCarthy’s speakership, criticized for fundraising off the move
https://rumble.com/v3mreus-boo-all-you-want-matt-gaetz-goes-off-during-debate-around-vacating-kevin-mc.html
Trump wants nothing to do dealing with the House on a daily basis.
Gaetz is not really trying to remove McCarthy, he’s just trying to get attention. He has no plan whatsoever.
The Democrats might make a deal to save Mccarthy but why would they, they could easily let McCarthy be removed and then watch the chaos as Republicans could not muster the votes to elect anyone, while the Democrats sit back and laugh and tell the voting public, Look the Republicans can’t govern, they can’t even elect a speaker and when they do they end up removing him.
If a MAGA Republican gets nominated for Speaker, no RINOs will vote for him and if a RINO gets nominated, no MAGA Republican will vote for him and with such a small majority, chaos will ensue, just like all the votes it took to elect McCarthy in the first place.
Trump didn’t want to deal with Congress when he was President. That was one of his main failings.
Looks like we’re going to find out.
Who is that person? Scalise? I am thinking not due to his health challenges.
Scalise has Multiple Myeloma.
A note from Cleveland Clinic:
Multiple myeloma is a rare blood cancer that affects your plasma cells. While healthcare providers can’t cure multiple myeloma, they can treat related conditions and symptoms and slow its progress. Some people live for years with multiple myeloma. Other people have multiple myeloma that’s in remission. Either way, it’s not easy living with cancer that doesn’t go away or may come back. Living with cancer means living with treatment and tests that’ll always be part of your life. Your healthcare provider understands the challenges that come with living with multiple myeloma. Ask them for help as you learn to live with multiple myeloma.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6178-multiple-myeloma#outlook-prognosis
>>chaos will ensue, just like all the votes it took to elect McCarthy in the first place.
No, the Speaker pro tem will run the House just as a regular speaker would. Since the House has already adopted the Rules for this Session, regular order would proceed and the work of the House would continue.
The reason that the leadership battle for McCarthy roadblocked the House was that there was no Speaker and no Rules adopted for the beginning of this Session.
Just did.
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